Kant's Doctrine of Virtue

Mark Timmons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He specializes in metaethics, Kant's ethics, and normative moral theory. He is author of Morality without Foundations (1999) and Moral Theory: An Introduction, 2nd edition (2013). A collection of his previously published articles on Kant's ethics are included in Significance and System: Essays on Kant's Ethics (2017). He is editor of Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, and editor or co-editor of many volumes.

Preface and acknowledgements
Abbreviations for Kant's works and note on translations

Part I: Background
1. Life and Work
2. Philosophical Background

Part II: General Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals
3. On the Idea of and Necessity for a Metaphysics of Morals
4. Mental Faculties, the Moral Law, and Human Motivation
5. Preliminary Concepts and Division of the Metaphysics of Morals

Part III: Introduction to the Doctrine of Virtue
6. The Doctrine of Virtue as a Doctrine of Ends
7. General Ends that are Also Duties
8. Radical Evil and the Nature of Virtue
9. The Science of Ethics

Part IV: The Doctrine of Elements
10. Perfect Duties to Oneself as an Animal Being
11. Perfect Duties to Oneself Merely as a Moral Being
12. Imperfect Duties to Oneself
13. Duties of Love to Other Human Beings
14. The Vices of Hatred and of Disrespect
15. Friendship

Part V: The Doctrine of Methods of Ethics and Conclusion
16. Moral Education and Practice

Concluding Reflections on Kant's Doctrine of Virtue

Guide to Terminology
Bibliography
Index